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I may go to ho (Help!!)
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Given the "fascia" pronunciation thread is that a wise topic title? <br /> <br />H0... not HO is "half naught" gauge... following from "0/naught Gauge"... which as 1/4" = 1' was (theoretically)the step dwn from Gauge 1 - 3/8" = 1' (1/32).... but the English model trade went to the German model makers somewhere around 1900 and said "7mm is close to 1/4"... so we got 1;43... which wandered off from your (correct) (well, more correct until you put it on 32mm gauge track...) 0 Scale - 1/48. Someone then rounded H0 up to 4mm = 1' to give us 00...still on 16.5 track... so somone else went to 18 (18.5?)mm EM - "Eighteen Millimetre)... next step was P4 18.85 (HOW do you measure 0.03mm in your toy train shed?)... which they tried to copyright so someone else did the same thing as S4... and all along the 3/16 guys stayed as 1/64 S Gauge. 2mm started as half of 00... they've even gone "finescale" in that. Oh, yeah... and there was TT...3mm=1'... "Table Top"... <br />above Gauge 1... which got adjusted to 10mm= 1'... there WAS Gauge 2... <br /> <br />Now there's a load of information for you...
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